American Silver of the XVII& XVIII Centuries: A Study Based on the Clearwater Collection (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from American Silver of the XVII& XVIII Centuries: A Study Based on the Clearwater Collection A Magnificent opportunity to study and become acquainted with our Colonial silver in its perfection of form and craftsmanship has been afforded visitors to The Metropolitan Museum of Art during the last few years through the generosity of the Honorable Alphonso T. Clearwater. To one viewing the objects in this wonderful exhibition the question almost invariably arises, what motives prompted Judge Clearwater to make the collection and how was it possible for him to assemble so large a number of pieces of an early American art the existence of which even now is almost unknown to the average citizen. Our knowledge of the beauty and the fascination of Colonial silver is but a recent one. Scarce two decades ago the fact that our country in its early days nurtured a remarkable set of workers in the precious metals was practically unknown. Family heirlooms, which had graced ancestral dining rooms and, glittering in fire- and candle-light, cast their joyous color notes on festal gatherings from generation to generation, were almost universally thought to have been imported from the Old World. Collectors of Americana in its various phases were unaware of the existence of these beautiful examples of our early silversmiths' art. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.